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Currently in Idaho, all state regulated (not self-funded) health plans currently impose a disproportionate cost-share between traditional (intravenous) chemotherapies and oral based chemotherapies. The dramatic cost associated with oral chemotherapies often prohibits patients from receiving treatment or following the course of treatment prescribed by their physician. Traditional chemotherapies are typically covered under an insurance plan’s medical or major medical ... In Idaho, for specialty medications, 74 of 74 silver plans use coinsurance and the average coinsurance for these medications is 33%. This can mean thousands of dollars per prescription per month. States that have enacted chemotherapy fairness laws have ensured that cancer patients ...

Overview: The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) gives voice to cancer patients and survivors on critical public policy issues that affect their lives.  As part of this effort, ACS CAN deploys surveys to better understand cancer patient and survivor experiences and perspectives, through our Survivor Views ... through 23, 2022, the latest survey explores cancer patients’ and survivors’ experiences and concerns with medical debt associated with the cost of cancer care. The web-based survey was conducted among 1,218 patients and survivors nationwide diagnosed with or treated for cancer in the ...

Health-care costs and health-care insurance are on people’s minds in Wyoming. In late July, this forum hosted two writers on the pros and cons of Medicaid expansion. Their essays prompted more people to comment — and their comments made it clear that Medicaid expansion is only a piece of ... lays out the case for axing the familiar “fee-for-service” way of paying for health care — and argues that employers and others in Wyoming can take this task on. Annemarie Albins of Kemmerer, who works in her family’s small business, exposes the costs facing people in Wyoming. She ... and make your proposals. We’ll see whether this discussion will get us somewhere in taking the puzzle apart and defusing the health-care cost crisis. — Pete Simpson Wyoming Medicaid Expansion would benefit employers ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Protecting free preventive cancer screenings and reducing the burden of medical debt are the top issues of concern for cancer patients and survivors today, according to a new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) that asked participants to select their leading policy priorities for the year.  Policies to address the high costs of cancer have grown in ... reflecting the urgency to address this issue in the U.S. In this most recent Survivor Views survey, 52% of respondents named protecting no-cost preventive care as one of their top three policy priorities, compared to 37% in 2020, while the importance of addressing medical debt ...